Dear Parents/Carers

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Tetherdown Quiz
A huge thanks to everyone who supported our first event of the year, the Tetherdown Quiz. It was a fun evening and, most importantly, we raised a whopping £6.5k towards our Outdoor Learning Fund.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Winter Market
To help raise more money for our Outdoor Learning Fund, our first ever winter market will take place on November 25th at 345pm. There’s loads for both adults and kids with gift stalls selling such things as candles, advent calendars yummy treats and loads of arts and crafts for the kids including screen printing and gingerbread man making.

We’ll have a brilliant Santa’s grotto only available with £5 tickets in advance so please click here to get booked in now.

Most activities on the day will be token only which we will sell in the playground during the week of 21st November.

We won’t be charging an entry fee, so please support us by putting your hand up when your reps ask you for help and coming ready to spend and donate on the day.

Parents’ End of Year Bash! - Dec 3rd @ 8pm
Get your babysitters sorted for the school-wide parents’ party taking place in a Muswell Hill venue on Dec 3rd.

Tickets are £20, via Classlist and all proceeds on the night go to Friends of Tetherdown. 

The drinks will be cheap, the music will be banging, and we all deserve to celebrate getting through the year, so book your tickets here now!

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Remember, the committee door is always open; whether you want to join the committee, have an idea to share or you’d like to volunteer for an event… we are all part of the Tetherdown community so let’s get involved! 

Want to get in touch?

Contact: jessicarfeller@gmail.com.

Tetherdown families can now subscribe to receive Haringey's SEND newsletter by using this link.

For further information about SENDIASS and what is on offer please go to our SEND pages.

Events and Exhibitions Resources - Family Magazine

We are delighted to share with parents and pupils the November/December issue of Families magazine where you will find Christmas shows and pantos, as well as events and exhibitions at museums and art galleries, plus craft activities and recipes to make with children.

If there are any problems with the link, the full URL is 

https://issuu.com/familiesonline/docs/fnl_157_novdec22_digital?fr=sYTI4ZjU1MDYxMzY

Tetherdown families can now subscribe to the Haringey School News by using this link.

FORTIS GREEN WARD - BURGLARY ADVICE

Dear Ward Members

Winter brings cold weather and long nights, Christmas and the New Year. We’d suggested you consider:

• Light timers to give the impression you are home.
• Not displaying your Christmas trees and presents by open windows, which can tempt a would be thief.
• When shopping for gifts, do not leave them on display in your car.
• Dispose of wrapping and boxes that show what you have bought discreetly
• Watch out for vulnerable neighbours, make sure they are not the target of con men or bogus callers.
• When you go out to the car to get something have a quick check up and down your road to make sure all is in order.
• Make sure you tell your neighbours if you have a holiday over the Christmas period.
• Don’t just hide away of an evening when you get home, take a quick look out of the window as you go past to make sure your neighbourhood is okay.

Report crime by calling 101 or in an emergency call 999.
Remember, you can also report crime online on our website: https://www.met.police.uk/

To find out more information about our updated privacy practises and how we process your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 please visit our Privacy Notice on the Met Police website https://www.met.police.uk/privacy-notice

Polio vaccination campaign

Polio virus is spreading in London, so children aged one to nine are the focus of a polio vaccination campaign to ensure that they are protected from catching the virus. Children who are up-to-date with their routine vaccines are being offered a booster vaccine. Parents of children who are not up-to-date are being urged to contact their GP to get their child protected from polio and a range of other potentially dangerous diseases with their routine vaccinations.
 
Poliovirus is a life-threatening infection of the nerves that can cause serious disability, permanent paralysis or even death. Polio is preventable and vaccination is the best protection against the disease. All children in England are offered five doses of polio vaccine as part of the routine NHS
vacination schedule:

• Babies are given jabs to protect against polio and other diseases at the age of eight weeks, 12 weeks and 16 weeks.
• A booster given at three years and four months keeps them protected for longer.
• A final booster at around 14 years old keeps them protected for life. 

If your child hasn’t had all of their jabs, contact your doctor today to get them protected.

In Haringey, a polio booster walk-in clinic is available at Hornsey Central Vaccination Centre. This clinic is for children aged six to nine years, who are up-to-date with their routine childhood vaccinations.
 
The clinic is open seven days a week from 3pm-8pm Monday to Friday and from 8am to 8pm on Saturday and Sunday.
 
Follow this link for more information, including what you need to bring with you visit.

Link to our website Key Letter page for our recent communication about the Polio Vaccine campaign.

Clubs & Activity Camps

The Autumn Term 2022 lunchtime and extracurricular club timetable is available on our website. In addition, to emailing club promotional material to parents we are also publishing any advertising provided by the clubs on our website Clubs & Activity Camps page.

Wraparound Care: Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club offers an exciting variety of healthy breakfast choices for the children these include: croissants, brioche buns, fruit yogurt, juice and cereal.

Ad hoc Bookings

Breakfast Club is currently able to take a limited number of ad hoc bookings. If you would like to use the Club’s ad hoc services please contact our Senior Play Leader Ms Geen-Moore on the email provided below no later than 9:30am a day prior to your request or by Friday if your request is for a Monday morning.  Ad hoc spaces are charged at a slightly higher rate of £8 per session per child (via ParentPay).

Please note that due to limited availability, to attend you must receive a confirmation email from Ms Geen-Moore.

E: breakfastclub@tetherdownschool.org

Considerate Driving and Parking Please!

If you must drive to school to drop off your child(ren) please consider our neighbours when parking near the school.  We have received complaints that some parents are parking across driveways and blocking house owners in.  It would be far healthier for children if parents could park a little way from the school and walk or scooter to school.  Scooters may be stored at school.  We do not have bicycle storage

Tetherdown School Communications to Parents

We have a brand-new website please ensure your explore our website regularly so not to miss any important communications. This should be your 'FIRST PORT OF CALL' for information.

The Parents page is dedicated to you! - here you will be able to find answers and links to everyday questions and queries you may have as well as further useful information and support - to name a few...

• Calendar - check this regularly
• Term dates
• Key Letters
• School Day & Wraparound Care
• Health & Welfare

Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have explored the website, and you cannot find what you are looking for.

Parent Communication to Tetherdown

Please remember when emailing the admin mailbox to ensure you put your child's full name and class. There are over 400 pupils on roll and as you can imagine finding any child with only their first name can be tricky!

ParentPay - Communication from Tetherdown

ParentPay is the schools Communications and Payment System All communications sent directly from the school are sent using ParentPay only.

Parents will receive an email from platform@parentpay.com - when you receive messages from this email you can be assured this is an official direct school communication.

Any undelivered emails to parents the school are notified - we have not been notified of any undelivered messages to date.

Text and Email Alerts

Parents are advised to set up text and email alerts to ensure that you do not miss any important information from Tetherdown. Details of how to do this can be found on our Payment & Bookings System pages. If you have missed an email please search your mailbox for platform@parentpay.com messages and check junk mail.

If you are having any problems receiving official school communications please contact the school office after you have checked your mailbox and junk mail and not ParentPay.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Extracurricular Club Cancellation

This week one of our extracurricular club providers cancelled their club. Please can families note the process below for any future cancellations. Thank you in advance.

• If your child's extracurricular club at the end of the school day is cancelled by the provider, parents are advised to make alternative pick-up arrangements for their child and to notify the school office via email of the new arrangement no later than 2:45pm. Parents should not assume that the Tetherdown after-school club can take their child following a club cancellation if they cannot make alternative pick-up arrangements. 

• Children who normally attend the Tetherdown after-school club directly after the cancelled extracurricular club (e.g. tennis) can go straight to after-school club at the end of the school day, however you will be charged accordingly for this session via ParentPay.

Gentle Reminders